October i5> 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



675 



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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, October n. 



There was a most interesting display of flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables on 

 \ above date at the Drill Hall ; indeed, the visitors were agreeably surprised to 

 sit such a number of large and varied exhibits, 



Floral Committee. 



As usual, the bulk of the exhibits came before this committee for consideration. 

 Roses nepenthes, perennial asters, greenhouse rhododendrons, and winter- 

 lowering begonias were the leading subjects on view. Novelties were somewhat 

 scarce. A charming group of warm greenhouse rhododendrons, staged by Messrs. 

 t Veitch and Sons, demonstrated — if demonstration be now necessary— the great 

 beauty and usefulness of these hard-wooded plants for autumn flowering. A few 

 of the most telling varieties were Hercules, Souvenir de J. H. Mangles, Apollo, 

 Lord Wolseley, Mrs. J. Heal, Virgil, and Ajax ; silver Banksian medal. A 

 silver Flora medal was awarded to Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, for their 

 exhibit of roses, both cut flowers and plants in pots. There were charming 

 baskets of Maman Cochet, Madame P. Cochet, Ulrich Brunner, Madame A, 

 Chatenay, and Gustave Regis. The Messrs. Paul also sent some neat and freely 

 £owered plants of Masdevallia tovarensis, staging these and Cypripedium Spiceria- 

 num with the roses, edging the whole with ferns. The interesting Acalypha 

 Sanderi was sent by Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans; Draccena Godseffiana 

 was good, and so also was D. Sanderiana ; Cattleya Mantini inversa, Saccola- 

 bium Penangiana, Stenoglottis longifolia, Oncidium Jonesi, and Miltonia vexillaria 

 Leopoldi were orchids staged amid the foliage plants. 



One of the most effective and attractive exhibits in the hall was that of 

 nepenthes, staged by Mr. G. Wythes, gardener to Earl Percy, Syon House, 

 Brentford. There were thirty distinct forms, including species, varieties, and 

 hybrids, and these were set upon stands so as to exhibit their pitchers to the best 

 advantage ; Cocos plumosus was arranged down the centre of the group, while 

 under the plants were ferns of various kinds. Some of the finest speciments were of 

 N. mixta, N. Curtisi superba, N. Mastersiana, N. Amesiana, N. Chelsoni, N. 

 sanguinea, N. Morganise, N. Wrigleyana, N. Veitchi, and N. Wittei ; silver-gilt 

 Flora medal, Mr. A. B. May, Edmonton, had a splendid exhibit of beautifully- 

 grown specimens of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, one of the finest of begonias for 

 winter flowering, especially as grown by Mr. May. Adiamums in variety, nephro- 

 sis and Lygodium scandens served to make a suitable and elegant setting for the 

 begonias ; silver-gilt Flora medal. Mr. George Prince, Oxford, had a small but 

 very pretty exhibit of tea scented roses. There were some lovely flowers of 

 Maman Cochet and The Bride Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, sent a few bunches 

 of showy single dahlias, an assortment of Michaelmas daisies, helianthus and 

 flowering plants of nerine rosea, N. Planti, N. Fothergilli, and N. Mrs. Fell. 



A large exhibit of roses from Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, 

 served to show how open and warm the season is. There was a good show of pot 

 loses, nueen Olga ot Greece, a new blush tea rose, Niphetos, Enchantress, and 

 Innocente Pirola being conspicuously good. There were good bunches of Mrs. 

 W. J. Gr^nt, Gustave Piganeau, Maman Cochet, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, Caroline 

 Tcstout, and W. F. Bennett. A silver Flora medal was granted. Physalis 

 1 ranchetti, the finest of all the winter cherries, was largely and well shown by 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea ; this exhibit was a great attraction, for its 

 huge scarlet balloon-like calyces are most effective and useful for winter decora- 

 tion ; silver Banksian medal. Mr. W. Allan, gardener to Lord Suffield, Gunton 

 l'ark, sent some very fine spikes of Tritoma grandis ; the flowers are gathered 

 thickly together at the head of the spikes, making a thicker head than in most 

 tntomas. Anthurium crystallinum illustris is a highly variegated aroid apparently 

 of lesser growth than the type; the deep green ground colour is finely coloured 



TK iu ° r cream colour y an extremely bright and handsome foliage plant. 

 The Messrs. Veitch showed Dracoena Eeckhanti, a pretty draoena with gracefully 

 recurved foliage ; they also sent Alocasia spectabilis, a form with greyish mottiings 



and veinings on a dark slatey-green ground. Mr. W. Wells showed Tules Mary 

 chrysanthemum, a ri % * ' 



flowers of the rather rare Trichiniu 



chrysanthemum, a rich crimson early variety that was greatly admired. Some 



. rather rare Trichinium Manglesi came from Mr. F. W. Moore, 



<jlasnevin. 



A silver Flora medal was awarded to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 r a grand group of Michaelmas daisies associated with spikes of Tritoma coral- 



th? l 1 1 - C aS r CrS were shown ln fi ne lar g e clumps of a size sufficient to illustrate 

 ™ naoit of the variety. A. amellus, A. ericoides, A. densus, A. acris, A. 

 uiescens, A. Coombe Fishacre, A. cordifolius, and A. panculatus were espe- 



Srt V- represented ' Mr * W> Bain > g ardener to Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 I n£i' ° rklD S> sen t some late spikes of beautiful pentstemon seedlings ; also 

 fin.! „ C . armme G em, Queen Victoria, Crimson Gem, and Prince Arthur, all 



fine attractive sorts. 



Orchid Committee. 



L*lio- 



A-xuo^caH eit ^ and Sons > Chelsea, staged a few well-grown specimens of 

 huge '1 , a call * sto g lossa ignescens, L.-c. Dominiana, a grand hybrid with 

 croV tei ' pur T ple Vl P 5 L -" c - N ysa, always admired; Lselia splendens, the fine 

 hw ^ een crispa and L. purpurata, and Dendrobium rhedostoma, obtained 



u / crossing D u n u : rx ' ^ %g ^, 9 , . , 



rrom Messrs. Charleswortn 



orchid named flowers 



^crossing D Haltoni with D. sanguineolenta. From Mess 

 Sophro? \tl ord > a smal1 flowered but pretty hybrid 



Cattleya * ^' eo P atra > obtained by crossing Sophronitis grandiflora and 

 ttain-Ji:_ gUtt . a 5 a ^°P oldi 5 this has rosy scarlet sepals and petals, and a yellow 



Tril g ° d Cattleva Bowringiana, Ondontoglossum grande, Cymbidium 

 rVn^ ya l K Um ' nine splendid flowers, well marked ; Oncidium ornithorhyn- 



SJTsnf 1 1 CXeruIea ' V - Kimballiana, and Cattleya superba splendens 

 with mtensely-coloured blooms ; bronze Banksian medal. F 



Mr. lame* RnrU™ — * Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury 



edal for a very handsome group of 

 brmosum giganteum ; the batch of 

 aggregate of six hundred and seventy-five substantial 



House, Acton, secured a silver-gilt Flora 



beautifully flnwpro/l _r i 



nowers. I here were two spikes on most of the growths, and in some cases three ; 

 me largest number of flowers on one plant was sixty-four, and one four growths, 

 un one plant there were thirty-three blooms. Mr. Elphinstone, gardener to E. 

 Miller Mundy, Esq., Shipley Hall, Derby, sent Angnecum ichneumoneum, a 



quaint Orchid With lone SDlkes of fransnirpnr mU crm»n flnwprc KLv* flm 



tWlg : 



puniceu 



Fruit Committee, 



Mr. A. H. Rick wood, gardener to the Dowager Lady Freake, Teddington, 

 was awarded a silver Knighiian medal for a collection of apples and pears ; the 

 fruits were not over large, but quite large enough to be generally useful ; all 

 the examples were clean and shapely, the pears especially so. A silver-gilt 

 Knightian medal was won by Mr. C. Blick, gardener to Martin R. Smith, Esq., 

 The Warren, Hayes, Kent, who staged a first-rate exhibit of three dozen dishes 

 of handsome and well-developed pears ; Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise d'Uccle, 

 Durondeau, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Doyenne du Cornice, Souvenir du Congres, 

 Doyenne Boussoch, and President Drouard were especially fine. 



Messrs. G. Banyard and Co., Maidstone, put up a splendid exhibit of a 

 hundred dishes of cooking apples, securing a silver-gilt Knightian medal ; Mere 

 de M^na^e, Hereford Beefing, Peasgooi's Nonesuch, Beauty of Kent, Flanders 

 Pippin, Celiini, Striped Beefing, and Belle de Pontoise were finely represented. 



Mr. W. Allan, Gunton Park Gardens, showed new melons, gaining an award 

 of merit for a scarlet-fleshed variety, named Ganton Scarlet. Captain C. J. 

 Shephard, Maidstone, sent specimens of Princess May, anew seedling peach from 

 the Victoria nectarine. Messrs. R. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, showed a very fine 

 pebble-shaped potato named Walter Raleigh. Seedling apples were shown by 

 several exhibitors, and those gaining awards are described in another column. 



^ Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swan ley, Kent, put up a first-class display of 

 onions in some twenty-six varieties ; these were all grand bulbs, and yet produced 

 by farm culture; Cannell's At, Lord Keeper, Ailsa Craig, Rousham Park Hero, 

 Cranston's Excelsior, and Masterpiece were among the finest ; silver Knightian 

 medal. Mr. R. W. (keen, Wisbech, secured a silver Banksian medal for his 

 display of twenty six dishes of excellent potatos ; Snowdrop. Duke of York, Clark's 

 Main Crop, Sutton's Abundance, Sutton's Satisfaction, The Saxon, and Up-to- 

 date attrac:ed our attention by reason of their clean appearance. 



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEA1UM SOCIETY, October 11, 13, and 13. 



The show held at the Royal Aquarium on the above dates was a great success, 

 as the display was largely increased beyond its usual size by Mr. Deverill's 

 vegetable competition and the non-competitive exhibits chiefly from trade growers. 



The best group of chrysanthemums was that staged by Mr. J. Spink, Waltham- 

 stow, who had dwarf plants carrying fine flowers, arranged with Cocos Weddel- 

 liana crotons, Phrynium vaiicgatum, ferns, \c. ; Mr. Spink had carefully 

 avoided overcrowding. The second prize fell to Mr. W. Howe, gardener to Sir 

 H. Tate, Streatham Common, who showed much taller plants than Mr. Spink. 



The competition in the class for two dozen blooms, Japanese, in not less than 

 eighteen varieties, was good, the chief aw ard bein- secured by Mr. James Brookes, 

 gardener to W. J. Newman, Esq., Totteridge Park, Herts, who had grand 

 examples of Madame G. Henry, Elthorne Beauty, Sunstone, Oceana, Mutual 

 Friend, Mrs. G. W. Palmer, Mrs. II. Payne, \V. Seward, Emily Silsbury, John 

 Seward, Mons. A. Moulin, Ella Curtis, Keine d'Angleterre, Edith Tabor, W. H. 

 Tucker, Vis. K. de Cheyelles, Ph ebus, and Australia ; Mr. HL Shoesmith, Clare- 

 mont Nurseries, was placed second ; while Mr. R. Jones, gardener to C. A. Smith 

 Ryland, Esq., Barford Hill, Warwick, gained third place. The chief honours 

 for twelve Japanese blooms were secured by Mr, J. Fulford, gardener to F. D. 

 Lambert, Esq., J.P. f Moor Hall, Cookham, who staged first rate flowers of Mrs. 

 T. Shrimpton, Mrs. J. Lewis, Oceana, Mons. Panckouke, Dorothy Seward, 

 Elthorne Beauty, Mons. G. Biron, Reine d'Angleterre, Mrs. F. Brewer, Ella 

 Curtis Iserthe, and a white Seedling; Mr. R. Jones, Warwick, came second; 



and Mr. J. Brookes, third. . ^ 



p or six Japanese blooms one variety, Nr. R. Gladwell, gardener to Sydney 



Smith Esq. Wernder Hall, South Norwood, scored a first with Madame G. 

 Bruant very large blooms ; Mr. J. Brooks, second, with Madame G. Henry ; and 

 M B 1 N Nash Woking, third, with Edith Tabor. The best six incurved 

 blo'm; weie examples of Mr R. BJuunt, Baron Hirsch and D. B. Crane, 

 •submitted bv Mr. Robert Bissil, gardener to D. H. Evans, Esq., Shorter s Hill 

 Honw Pamrbourne : Mr. T. Robinson, gardener to W. Lawrence, E«q., Hoi- 

 gbourne, sSd ,'and Mr R. Jones, U ^ ick, third Mr Cook, of Hendon, 

 waf awarded a second prire for htt set of twelve bunches of pomp™ vanetiet. 



1, \,*A thp liest si* bunches of pompon chryaanthemums, showing good 

 J It el" of Kerne ji£ft£ Vesuve, Ori£, &«U«/e. Dordan,, La ^ Vogue and 



nowerb ui x Debenham, St. Albans, second ; and Mr. Cook, third. 



Me'rs DeSam, Mr E. W. Coote, and Mr. A. Taylor also secured prires for 



Stained lin* ym~~ T^C^ 1 * ims *usy scaiici scpaia aau psiais, anu a ycnuw iviebsia. 



Wells, show J? ' J# , H ,° WeS> g ardener to Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge P° m P f on ?%^ Terrace, Highgate, led for three eprrgnes of 



a low of *h *> V P ? d exam P le of Vanda Sanderiana, carrying fine spikes, and Mr. U. & ^ . » • hi$ wool orangCf crimson, and yellow chrysanthe- 



l be si ze f k Zen flowers and buds > the variety was the very best, and chrysanthemum^ using, « f e — iiz„ i^Ti n — —it :>k — — i—*. 



coloured f the ^ owers was almost exceptional; Mr. Howes also sent a deep- mums, such i 



gardener tw ° f Cv P ri P edium Lawrebel named Dulcotense. Mr. C. Whitlock, and autumn- 



talia nr^Z \ beIne y 5 Esq., Fir Grange, Wey bridge, sent two small pans of f ~ 11 

 US SpIendidl y flowered. 

 Son 7v a Henrv Greenwood was exhibited by Messrs. B. S. Williams 

 ^nexion P k Pe [ IIoll °way ; this is a beautiful orchid and referred to by us in 



th * result 7 • Ghent Show held earI y ' m the vear ' this orchid is stated t0 be 

 Messrs w-ir rossm 8 L^Uo-cattleya Schilleriana and Cattleya Hardyana. The 



r-L . * Williams lhA»<l %7 xJ 1 A « c r r< j:. 



- ESSeX ,' % a tri W^of' pompon chrysanthemums; Mr. T. J. Turk, gardener to 

 tf n Vi ,cd fJ Southiwod Howe, Highgate, second, with a lar^e masi, in 

 T. Uoney, ^^i' 1 . wcfC t " " " 



22 a T .Siorthy, Otyt House, Maidenhea d, third. For the "first prir- 



^'cfirki were too evident to Ixr plei^in^ : Mr. 1). M. H tyler, gar- 

 which wires and sUdts wcjcj. u %t :J^ZZ^Tr .v:-j t?^. JE~> 



dener to Mrs. ^^Thmin the m u m s , large blooms Mr. W. Mease, gardener to 



or vases o / _ ,l. 



^^sworth \f Sh ° Wed Vanda concolor and a fine variety of Cypripedium for a ^ downside, Leathei head, icored with immense flowers of popular 

 •ent a sr*cim f F " Fullerton » gardener to B. B. Baker, Esq., Roupell Park, A.Tate, Lsc l; , i assoC i^ted in big, handsome vase$ with am pelopsis and maple 



T^ u a specimen f r»j "* i ^ ~ m -^4. , xwwp^ta 



^°wers. ^dontoglossum grande carrying seven spikes and twenty-ive 



Mr \V it . lOJiage 



Lx3 ge, # Dork ' W Jj ite ' or 5 hid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford third^ r& * 



fine bl mm S ed ^ ve Plants of Cypripedium Lawrebel, these carrying ten J 

 V*** °f richfl 1115 ' there .were numerous examples of Habenaria militaris with 

 ^year-Hp rJ°^ rs; s P^ es of Cattleya exoniensis, very gay for this season of 

 dcn <W rv^IS Um p ^ a ^nopsis alba, Laelia pumila, L. praestans, the 1 



a. I*"*, \ 9 - a$soc iated in big, handsome vasei with 

 J ipanese varieties ; and M ^ NormM Davi 



foliage ; Mr. J- ^ f chrysanthemums, Mr. D. EL ( 



*u;,^ Fnr a SineiC vase w ,'.»_ . *. 



P" Clow^i v| eUm, and ^^ ton i a Lamarckiana, a cross between M. Candida and 



Messrs. Hugh Low and Co.'s contribution contained some bright 



t Fran ifield, Sussex, 

 ncrle vSN im/ — n mtmmui t m.f. xs. 0. Crane, Mr. A. Taylor, 

 third. r " r * f "* t[ ay ior secured the awards in the order mentioned. Miss N. 

 and Mr. , u. t ^ Mf j # R. Chard, Stoke Newington, gained first prize for a 



Erlebach^assis t>|C ,rt l | | these consisting chiefly of white, orange, yellow, 



, ^ table of bouqu ♦ 0 {cgjlj chrysanthemums ; autumn-tinted foliage was use<i in 



quaint Epi- or crimson ****** - th tbc flowers; Mr. /. Emberson, Walthamstow, was 

 7nHiH a and a tasteful fashion 



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